Whether grounds existed to terminate parental rights based on neglect

Whether adjacent property owner has standing to contest zoning decision; case dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure

Retired local law enforcement officer's special separation allowance; whether allowance terminates upon officer's reemployment with another unit participating in same retirement system; whether officer had vested contractual right to continued payment of allowance

Argument/assignment of error dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1)

Guilty plea; N.C.G.S. § 15A-1022(c); whether defendant established fair and just reason to withdraw his plea

Prospective juror with close ties to law enforcement; denial of defendant's challenge for cause; whether trial court abused its discretion

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Appeal from probation revocation and reactivation of suspended sentences in aggravated range; application of Blakely to original enhanced sentences that were final before Blakely was decided

Multiple sexual offenses with a minor; unanimous jury verdicts; judicial finding of an aggravating factor at sentencing (Blakely)

Felony sentencing; whether defendant's probationary status when he commited the offenses at issue should have been submitted to a jury